I'm excited to take part in the #givemeshelter bookstagram tour introducing Sarah Franklin's debut novel Shelter, published by @bonnierzaffre a couple of days ago. Swipe the photo to see the other participants beautiful photos of this gorgeous book. • A little bit about the author. Sarah Franklin runs literary event Short Stories Aloud at Blackwell's Bookshop in Oxford and is also a judge for the Costa Book Awards Short Story prize for the second year running. • About the book. Shelter is a unique and engrossing tale of transformed lives in difficult times: it’s 1944, and Connie runs to the Forest of Dean to work as a lumberjill after her family home is blitzed and she must survive alone, hiding a huge secret. She meets Italian P.O.W., Seppe, and Amos, who has never left the forest but is mourning his son who has. These three compelling characters weave a special bond in extraordinary and testing circumstances and create a new family for Connie, but when her secret is revealed she must decide whether to stay or run - and who to leave behind. #sarahfranklin #shelter #bonnierzaffre
